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*THRAR RU'htINNEIIREDIToRs:J. S. RICHARDSON, JR.W. F. 13. IJAYNSWORTII.WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17, 1855.Agentks tor the Banner.The following persons have been ap.pointed Agents and are authorized to receive, and receipt tor, all sums due theSumter Banner. Any person wihing tobecome a subscriber to tie Eaner, byhanding tlm their name and address willhave the paper forwarded promptly.They will also see to forwarding all advertising business connected with thepaper.WW. WWAKER JR.,. .Colunmbia S. C.S. W. WnTAKER,. .Wilmington, N. C.WII1AM HYDE,......... ...... .."R. C. LOGAN .... . Sumterville S. C.No other person is authorized to receiptfor the Banner.gg" Persons wishinr to see us uponbusiness connected with the Paper or Law,can find us at any hour during the day,at o-ur office, just back of Soi.oaroxs' NewStore. 0- All letters addressed to theBanner must be pre-paid to insure attention.The TimnesAre brigh telling slowly, but surely,we hope and think. In common withour readers we have a personal interest in this institition ; and therefore,apart from the performance of ourduties as a journalist, we have ourown reasons private and personal, forlooking after 'oumr own ilVestmlenlt ill" The Times." Money has, to allseeming, had very little vitality, lately : it has circulated with difficulty,and, sq div had the hatl hecome. thatthe sluggish shallow stream seemedlikely to soak back into mother earth.Some of us are troubled with notionsabout periodicity ; like Peter Simple'scarpenter, who was certain that every27672 years the same events ha ppenedoveragain precisely in tile same mannerto the same, persons and in the sameplaces. That was a comfortable cycle enough and allowed of a good dealof variety; but not a few among us areaccustomed to limitours to the revo.lution of only 20 years, which comesround too soon again ihr comfort. In1836 the financial world was seizedwith eramps and violent convulsionsand therefore me should look for asimilar attack in 1850. Ve are notinclined to laugh at tle idea : we thinkit would be well if men were somewhat influenced by it. As long as loveof money and sanguine hope continueelements of the human heart, so long Iwill there be a tendency to think t ha.reverses, when once passe-l through,ara forever behind us, and past expcrience of what can happen will throwno dark shadow uponI tile fu ture, norrestrain flrm these inlflated operationIlsand hazardous speculations, which wvillIin the end bring about dis~aster algainl.One more turn of the wheel will bringrus to 1856, and coomplete the 20 years,and the ending of the cycle is not sobright as was its meridiant. IThe confidence, the bouyancy, of ten yearsago is not now felt. T1hec war, thle* losses by fire and water', tile ravagesof pestilence, the miseries of the unemployed poor, the heavy failures of'commercial houses, the falling off ofprices in our staple products, and thescarcity of money, all press upon tilemind and incline it to fatality. Butwe hope and believe that the gloomwill not be of long contintuance, an~dy. that, lIke an arctic sunt in midsutmm," The Times " will bitt jilst dip belowthe horizon and commenee a new,bright day. In 1830, there was analmost universal crutsh of b~anks ; in18556 we rmay with confidence expectour banks to be as sound as~ they haveever beeni. They seem to have hadthe revoluttioni of that 20 years cyeie*in constant view, and managed theiraffairs with judicious reference to it.*Speculntion, tho' rife and active en-.-ouigh, his not been so visionary andbaseless as 20 years ago. Years ofprosperous, active imnprovemenit havedeveloped and increased tenfold thewealth and resources of our greatconmry, and it will be no puny stornmwhich can nowv prostrate her. Thieblast has been strong and keeni andhere and there we see marks of itshurtful sweep; but it has been bravely*met, and wve hope its greatest p)ow~erhay been spent. One striking proofofthis we thitnk is to be found in L~me-firrness wvith which New Orleans haskjt her footing. Low water hasi kept* bacok ftrom her two.thirds of the cottotnefc~p and three fourt a of alt the otherWestern produce. WVhile these weredelayed inactive, the comnercialtransactions which had been based*upon them were coming to maturity,'aid: few would have expected thtatSlabilities to the amount of twentynillions of dollars, compressed withinth64oErt. ennee 'f n fortn inIo. enmhive been iet successfully. Yet thishas been done, without, as far as wehave been intbrmed, a single failure;the critical time has safely passed, andthe swelling ivaters of the Great Val.ley are wafting aid and succer to thegreat emporium.The transactions in Mobile, in oneday of that same fortnight, were estimated at a million of dollars, withoutthe dishonor of a single merchant.We have closely observed the accounts of financial allairs in Charlestonand have been ppleased to see signs ofencouragement and promise.The New York Sun of tile 8thstates that the money market shows adecided improvement and that theweekly statement of the city Banksshows favorably.In Boston there is, according to theJournal, a decidedly more comforta.ble and hopeful feeling in the moneymarkt t.Cities are the most sensitive pointsill times of monetary dilliculties, andwe are satisfied that these great finaneial centres could not so well havesustained themselves had not the conditioii of the wholo couitry beensound. And when the accumulatedproducts of tile country shall havafouid their way to market the moniedcurrent will flow back, carrying Withit relief Irom many an embarrassmcntand fear. We do not look firwardto e.asv times coming soon ; the stringency muay n 't be soon relaxed ; itis no sea'ono for extravagalnce il Speculation ; peace may be yet far awayfrom Europe, and our great staplemay not soon recover firoi its depresSion ; but we believe there is no causefor panie. Ilopeflness and energywill car ry us safl past the event fulpoint all I start us cheerfully on thereVOlItiion of another 20 Years.Col. [tMellett.We have been requested to call attention to the statement, oil another cohinn,of monies received amld expended tby tleabove officer in his inonagemueit of tleFinancial atlhirs of the 41 th Regiment, S.C. M.WVliere Siall ti EatingHouse be ? IWe see by the new schedule that thepassenger cars which leave Wihliigtioniat 8 o'clock A. M., arrive at Sumitervilleabout 3 P. M. and tlho.e which leaveKingsville at 5 A. M., arrive here at 6 1-2A. M1., thus reaching-or Stuiteryile, goingOie way, at a convenient hour for dinner, and going the other at a grood hourfr brcakinnt. Wh by not then make Suin.terville the eating place, and give back toMr. IrcnEAl.L tlt which lie on'ce enljoyedmid mu weil deserves to continue to havethe cating house ! Ile has been at muchtrouhl and considerable expense to establish his house, and %%c hope no1w that allthings seemI to suit andit to poinit to thisla(ce as thei proper place for anl eatinghoiure, t hat i' neen.wriy timefer stop/iingin oder to ehlfect t his, wdal Ibe a]llowedl bytose in authionty. TIhec cars leave Kings.vale (5 o'clock,) too early for breakfast atthat place aid reatch ars. Bno-rni-:ns totoeairly for dinnelr there, andi ltreim:st.'s isthe only' inlterme~diate eatir~g hlous'e onl theli no. .et hium have it.Arce it a& Free Fighat ?We remember once reading a WVestern aniecdote, which ran somewhatthlus: A t rav1ler, riding imlusinglyvalong, eame suddenly upon quite anexcited, bustling secene. Men wereknocking down and gillging each otherini a very anitmated tmannler. So inipir.itinlg waus thle .ight that our travelerforgot, his mings~lt anti h is wveariness,hattily fastened hisi horse to an overhanging limbih, dismoiunted and asked" if war a free. jih, anid lie wastold " it wa :"--theni savs lie "countme in;"' whIereuipon lie wats inistantt lyprost rat ed. IIe rose h1o1rriedly to iisfeet, pilt igainl thle qulestion " if it wara free light,'' arid lie was atgainr told "iwar;"' thlen says h~e " count me out.'"lIC loose~d iis horse, mou~tnted andresmntred his~ min lgs.'We cannot tell fromt what asisocia.tion of ideas, whether of si milariti.'sor opiposites, that the above shorthlistory revivedl ini outr reco'llectionwhienl we read of tile sudden stop pult,the other day, to Congressional actionuponl the suibject of mnediatin, by theinformriation'i tt thle President had,aliready madte some plrofl'ers, and thatit was nlot deemned advisalhe to takeany further steps ini tile imatter. Wehave not yet heard the particulars; but,wve tinkil there was a genleral feelingof surprise, that though for some timlepast the coutntry has been canvassingtile propriety of a proposal of mredliationl, no onie, not even those in Coin.gross who are genierally in theo colidence of the Admninistrationl, knew'that the President had privately, andof his ownI motion, mixed in the fray;until the position of the IHouse nponthe question forced him to thme partialexplanation, that he had been "n,bult that ho wa. nm.,t e it untedThe Niails.Since the Roil Road and the Govern.ment have made up their quarrel wehave had unusual advantages in trav.elling, but we think the postal facilitiesare by no means increased. TheCharleston papers do not reach us untilthe morning after they are published.In these excited times it is annoying,to say the least of it, that intelligenceshould be so long delayed, when thereare two-trains passing by us daily,from each term inus of the Road.Something should be done to remove such an inconvenience.Death or ExGoversaorJohasona.This distinguished gentleman diedat his residence at Limestone Springs,on the 6th instant, and was buried atUnionville the Sunday after.HIe had reached a good old age, and,we are pleased to learn, died in theconsolations and joys of that Faithwhich makes lght and glad the darkpassage from this mortal life to theeternal world beyond. In his deathour State has lost one of her best sons.His life was filled up with usefulness.His great powers of mind have in oneor another service been constantly devoted to the public weal. As a Judgehe needs no other monument than themass ofJudicial writings which, durng his long service on the Bench,came from his pen. In every publicposition which lie occupied he dis.charged his duties with ability andpurity. When old age rendered itnecessary for him to cease from hisardlioues employments, lie went intoprivate life with the esteem and veneration ol' all. and now, after a fewyears of retirement, the calniess andrepose of which were nneh'iarred bybodily afilictions, his well spent lifehas closed in a happy death.'he College Presideney.A writer in the Yorkril/c En-juirer,whoin that paper endorses as a no.it respectable gentlemnan, this speaks of Dr.I.aialet in connection with this high station:Since my arrival I have been requiredto converse, most Ireglently, cncer mnglie vacancy to be erected by the resirnation of President Thoriwull. Vith regard to his successors, with tle exceptionof several wio coild not be induced teoserve, the on;lv gei.ieemeen, uf ihose wiosename I have heard mentioed, whoi wouldworthily occupL ite posion, is Dr. Francis Lee ler. It vast aqirements, enthiitiastic love of iruth. vxicoaidc repilaionan ilng aciintanic w'ithl tihe college areiualificetions, then Dr. Leiber is weil pre.pired to talke lite Presidential Chair."We have known Dr. Larnsin for severalyears and have been fortunate enough tosit under his instructions while at Col'ege,and we unhesitatingly endorse all that ishere sid of hni. The Trustees inight goa great deal farther aufer at President andwouhl not find so edficient a ine as thepresent learede Professor of history andpo lit ical econom ey.A Few D)ays.Theis, we are told is all the rage atpresent. Onec of our exchanuges thusLakes it ohiT:"lou may present, to a emani a smallatccunt, lee will paey ini a ' fe w days;'the river is expec'ted tee rise ice n' fe-wdays;' heusiniess is expected tee le betterin a 'few days;' peretty girls expect toemarery imn a ' few(days;' tigger boyswhist le a ' few~ days;' brass baeeds blowouit a 'few~ days;'hligh fellows sing a' fw daeys;' aned we expect tee give thereader sonic interestinig local itemrs inai ' few days."The Careoliniati adds:"i And we are hoping that a greatimany ofI our sublscribiers will sened uesthe atemoutec of thier dues ini a " fewdays."Aned we say please let the samethinCg happen to tus ini a C" few day s."Sale of Negroes.We lhave hear d it frequcethy saidof late that this species of proper-tyhas fallen 15, 20, anid somec say asmcuch as 30o per cent on last y'ear'sprices, hut tho fel lowing rate, whichwe leave clipped from our- exchanges,doi not so argue. We advise thosehamving negroes to dispose of, tnot tosell at redu~ced prices. Thmose reportswe hecar maey all be got up to order,atnd for a particular puerpose:"SAL.E (OF NEGROEs YEs'TERnA.There were 25 or 30 negroes soldyesterdlay, am prices still ini keepingwith the leigh rates which leave chiara(-terized foremer sales.Oe negro man, aged abeout fifty,broueght *1 ,03->; two youeng boys, oneaboueet eigheteeni, and the othier abotttwoety, brought at an averaege about* 1,150.A niegro girl, about fouirt een, broueght*575; aniothere, abutt sixteeni, broutghtA fitnnily, conesisting of a man, wifeacnd five children, flee eldest, abouttwelve, broteght $2635."T1here were ten niegroes sold bythe Commt~issioner in Equity, (twosmall child ren acid one woemate aboeut,38 or- 40.) They were disposed of onea credit of five years, and avo- aged*896 a head.-- Winsboro R~egister 2dJa.Nxon'oss.-Messrs. March & Sharpsold1 yesterday a large number ofnegroes. which brought fine prices.Aimng the last we ioticed fellows whosold at $1.050, A1,020, * 970, &c., andwomen and childrent at proportionateprices.- Carolinian.SatA. DAY.-MonIuday XAtt was saleday,'and a large number of personsattended the sale of negrocs advertisedby lie CommIlissio'ner. Negroesbroight high prices. We were present whent a negro boy, about 23 yearsof age, brouiht, $1250. Ordinarynegro men brought $1000 and up.wards.-Lancaster Ledge.Election for Clerk.The following is the oflicial return ofthe general polls at the recent election forClerk of the Court for Sumter District :DESCHAMI'S, - -586Rronus. . . 368McCE.LAa, . . 219liiAt'ET, - ?0WIEELER, - . 161D Ix -, . . 79Total, 1621Our Wondierqf-ul Oouaitry.The great and the grotesque, theadmirable and tie absuird. ar" comprised and conitigled in this land ofours to an exteti and inl a degree mostastontishin g.One of our singular national traitst4 that of bestowing our sympahies upon distant objects, - toread the call in the New Orleanspapers for a public meeting for thepurpose of raising a Russian patrioticfund for the relief of the widows andorphans of those who have fallen ortmay fall in tle present war, onie might,think that, there are niot thousands, inloir land, whom this very war hasdepiveil of' emitploy rrnnt and resourices,arnd] who Coln procure 1 Io f'ood forthemiiselves ai their w ives and children, excepjt the bowl of soup whichhere aid there is doled out, to them.This is a itew xopression of that samnefeeling whichbas exhibited bv Nor th.erners, II drives the free neg roes anoingthem into starvatioin, while it livishesthousanids in het/rinig the condition ofthe same race at tle diistati South.In the Noith Carolina Lcgislature,on Friday, tle 5thii, the bill introd licedinto the C.mnm. for the inomrpo.ratioin of a lailroad from Wilminglonmto Charloitte. pass its second ralingbyN quite a decisive votie. (n Saturday,the Oth, tle bill for tle ext ension ofth! North Carolina iRail rs:ol East toBieaiforlt, caet lef bre the Cu1mm11onson its second reading", td passed trinmiphantly thi.ogh-o..ly fourteenVotiig din~lst it.The tax of Nicholas Loovorth, dfCincintnasi, ame ounts this year to thirty Itihl oiusand, three lundred and twen tyeight dollars.Late advics fro Europe furnishes Ithe un welcomei nlews thai~t Mr. Mason,our Mitnister to Paris, lies dangegouslyill.The Southern Coin vent ion, in sessionat. New Orleans, have adospted a resolution urging te,iees i ty of acqul'ringCuba, irecosn ilends the repeal of alllaws against, the Slave Tradle, and' indicated a new line for a silrosad fronmNorfolk to the mouth of the Ohio,.The fifth 1- ir of the South Car olinaInstitute, for the fientrastioni (if art,mnechaipailr in gennlity, andl~ ind(ustry,will lie held at, the new 11 all, recentlyerected en Meet ing street, in Charleston. comnmencing on Wecdhbesdlay, the11th of A piril, arid wi.l continne fortwo weeks.Cattle dIrivers wh Io have latelycroissed thle phlaini to, Californn ia, corm.pl ain thait t hey Ilost rmore o f thie ii stoc~kduring the pastt thantr on aniy pireviousyear, ands iris st alItogethle r from thedepredations of inia ins. Two genitie.rmen of St. Lousis, sinc(if whom had lilarge contract for cattle to fill. antdthe (other had putrchasesd se vetral thiousanda headi of slierep, have abanidenedheiri conltracts ini cosnsequrenee of he.ing afr-aid to venture~ across the courttry with their droves.We learn fromrs the Couirier of Sat.urday thait (e Go. 11. K. I lenn-. gaitexpsired at. his resideni ce, ini ManrioinDistrict, on the inighit of Wedniesday,the 10(lih inst., after art illness of sevoral moilr nhs. D r. I leriregan waselected Lienutennst Giovernor in 1 840,arid soon after, byv the deiatht of Gov.Noble, hecame chief mrtagist rate of theState.Gen. A to~rrE, Msexican Mintisterat WVashiingtoni, it is st at ed, hits reeei ved instiuct ioni fromsu Sant(a Aitnnao coinrernce a civil sit tagintst DoitFranisco) de Arranigs is, lte Mex icarnCoinul Generai, forn thle irecovery ofsix y-o'ight t hoiisarnd dolar s whlih lhehiolds ats his private commlsrissioni forreceivmng the G.adsdern treaity moneyin behatlf of Mexico.TJhie concor t given by Madame Grisifori thle benefit, 'if tire poor of NewYork, y ielded t he hiandlssme sonli offive thtousand dollars, elear of all expenlsesAt a pubhlic meet in4 beahi in New Yorkon the 26th uIt., for the reliefof the destitute, it was stuaind that there are at thepresent time 27,000 fematules ourt of emnployment in thiat eity.Our Exchanges.TiHE MERcURY..-We were happy totreet, at the commencement of the year,ur old acquaintance, the Charleston Mer- i:ury, in an enlarged form and in a new Iind beautiful dress. The Mercury is one>f our oldest and best journals and isvery way worthy of the high favor andatronage it is receiving, and we congratilate her upon this manifestation of her)rosperity and success.TnE SOUTIns LITFRARY MESSENGERror January, has been received. Thisvaluable periodical, whose monthly numers average sixty four pages each, is now3fyered to subscribers at the low rate ofS3 00 per annum. Published by MCFARLANE, FERGUssoN &, Co., Richmond Virinia.NEW PAPER.-WO have been visitedluring the last week by a new comer aidone, too, whose acquaintance we are gladto make-"The Ydrkville Enquirer."This paper is edited by Messrs. SAMUELW. MEI.TON and J. I. MILLER, at Yorkille, S. C., and is one of the largest weeklies in the State. Their first issue isrquite an interesting and remarkably neatsheet, and is no doubt a sample of whatthey will hereafter send out. Mr. VEL.TON, is the late editor of the "ChesterSlandard" the conduct of which paper,while in his hands, gives a sufficient guar.antee for the success of the "Enquirer.'S. E. CAU.oGaIAN, and J. R. BREARE,have disposed of their interest in the"Smith Carolina Temperance Standard"to their copartner SitifEoN CORLEY. TheSta ndard is an excellent temperance journal, and will be conducted upon the sameprinciples, and in the same spirit as here.tofore.T.e South Carolinian." Last, buthy nomeans least, we welcome again the visitsif this valuable jnurnal. The Caroliniancones to us now in its usual size, androntaining as it always did, a large amountif news, and reading matter. The proprietors of this excellent sheet, sustained aurent loss when their "office with all theiraccusmulated stock of materials was totally destroyed'' soine month or so ago byfire, yet they have persevered through allthis, and are now out in a sheet fully equalto their forner is.'ue. They surely deserve and we hope wi'l receive encouragement of the most flattering and substantial kindFrom the Charlestn Standard.The Last Euhropean NewsYesterday's mail brought us Northernpipers containimg full details of the European intelligence to the 30th uit., broughtto New Ynrk by the steamer Baltic.The steamshi'p Sarah Sands, for whosesafety great fears were entertained, hadput iito Cork with her sails damaged.rhere is very little if anything to repnortabout the conlhtion of the markets.The greatest event of the week h-asbeen Napoleon's speech to the FrenchLegislature. It was warlike in its tone,and nakes io mention of any prospects otpe;ce. It wan inmmdiately followed by aloan of 500,000,000 france; unatimouslyvoted.l'oorrESq oF NoomyTmpss.-TrE. CONFFRENCE AT VIENNA, ETC.A high political conference was to beheld at the residence of the British Minister at Vienna, on the 28s h ultimo. Thmeaembassadlors of England, France, Russia,Prnssia, and Prince Gortschmaloff, we're totake part in the disenssion. Thme conference wvas 'o be of the most positive char.act er.A despatch from Vienna, dated the 20th,says that Prince Gortschmakod, had pre.sented a note received fromi St. Petersburgto Count Bluid. II is btelieved to be unsatisfactory, but is not the final reply ofRnussim.Tihe latest dlespatch, dated at Vienn-a Onthe 28th ilt.. savs: " Notes have beene xchiangedl regrarding the conference .ofVienna between thme representatives of thethree allied powers. Those on the part ofthme allies were detining the semnse in whichtheir cabinets were to understand the 'fourpoinms' heretofore proposed as the conditions of peace."GortschiakofT on the p-art of Russia,had asked for time to obtain instructionsfrom his government."Private aidvices from I ondon say thatthme couirse oh pohitics lavers the possibilityot a speedy termination of the wvar.Anmsmria, it is beieved, will assnmme theolihmsive, and thereby influmenceo ad Germany on her side. Thme people, it is thoughat.will force their government to accept thepropositions of tihe allies.FaoM THtE SEAT OF WAR.-Condiionoef alfairs at Xeastopoihoth parties re.imforced and ready for another desperate/i?gIht, etc.Atlia rs at Sobatopol, up to the 24th of:eca'emr, were unichangedl, The Russi.anis,.htowever, claimed to be doing considerabhle damtnge ta thme approaches ol theallies, lint nevertheless the thtird parallelof thme French was bristling with mountedcannon.Gen. Menschikoff (whmo, by the wvay,was at the latest diate reported to he lyingsick-Osten Sarken being in comnmantd ofthme Russmns)-telegraphed on thme 20thD~ecember that there was tnothing new at80ebastopol since the previous accounts.The weiater was very severe and disa.greeable. lie further s'ates that a welldirected fire of tl2 (lussianis had interrumteid t he etnemuies works.Large reinforcemtents were rapidlyarriving to the allies. Up to thme 18thover thirty thousand of these troops hamdarri veil,Five thousand Turks had landed atEmupataria. 'The destination of OmarPtasha's armoy was a profound secret. Itwas thioujght he would invest the northside of Sebastopol. lHe left Shum~a forConstantin'iple Ott the 17th of D~ecember.bitt his future mnvements wvere not known.Ihe Turkisht troops began to arrive fromVartna ont the 18thtIt was stated that the stormming ofSebastopol wotuld commence on the arrivalnif thme Turkish reinforceitents. TheFrench are to storm while the Englishand Tutrks are to attack Menschikoff.Large reinforcements of Russia weredaily arriving at Setastopol, and the nextbat tle is ex pected to be the most desperateand tloody of all.The allies at Sebastopol are now fullyreae fo ate Thme third parallel ofre'ih mtmte gus thrtythotusandPurks, with a division of French andngilish artillery, were about to seize'erekop. There are 53 hies there.At the last accounts the weather hadnproved and therd had been a heavy frost.loth armies wete renewing their activity.everal sorties were reported, and thetussians had been victorious.The New York papers are beginning toxpress serious fears of the peace of theirhty, owing to the stale of mind tinderVhich thousands there rest, for want ofmployment. rhey say that scenes areiow takIng place jn the Park similar tohose which preceded the bread riotsvhich occurred in New York in 1837.The Savannah papers announce theornpletion of the Monument to Count?ulaski. who fell at the siege of that:ity during the Revolutionary , ar.[he monument is a chaste and beauti.ul structure, sixty feet high, made ofhe finest Italian Marble.Recent demonstrations of the exist.mnee of a volcano in Arkansas have)co(n the cause of :auch uneasiness andinxiety to a portion of the inhabitaits>f that State. The subterranean firesippear to be located in a mountain,thout five miles from Waldron, inscott county. Three explosioi.s latelyiccurred in one week; they were v ryoud and terrific; threw up stones andarth; filled the atmosphere with clouds(rdust and smoke, anid caused the t artho quake for miles around. One ofhe reports was heard at a distance ofrorty or fifty miles. The earth o i themountains is represented as havingiunk to a considerable depth.A Swede, by the name of A. F.Svenson, in the employnent of Mr. P.11. lamnmarskold, of Columbia, comnitted suicide, Saturday night, byanging himsell. The body was foundSunday mornling, suspended by a smalloutton cord, to the rafters of an oldarriage house on Mr. Ilammnarskold'sot. Life wis completely extinct.A nian by the name of Nathan Cookwas severely imnjurei ye-sterda , inol unibia, by the iulling of a block ofgranite, which strtck agninst his leg,mashiig it severely IlIe was at workin !he new State Capit(l.If reports be true, the country will soon)e thrown imto a state of excitement iy aiequel to the biography of Maria Mmk,.hat promises to surpass even the later inmartling developments. Miss Brinkly, thefoung nun who recently escaped from the-'onvent at Pittshnmrg. Mi., is writing aonw letter in reply to the one sont forthy the superioress of the iistituttion. Sheiends to give a complete history of convent life. Now we shall know all aboutlie miseries and mnysteries of the exclusive;is:erhood.An anti-slavery petition has beenirawn up, addressed to the Massachu.ietts Senate and House, urging thepassmge of the law: "That any person who engages in arresting, holdiig)r retrrning a fugitive slave, either asUnited States Judge, Commissioner,.farshmal, DT~ty Mashal, oar in any:apacity whatsoever, or even as a pri.vate.citizens shall be forever incapable,f acting as a Juror in any Court nfthis State, or of holding alny office oftrust, honor or emislumennnt. whethersunch office be a State, County, City orl'own office, unless relieved fromsuch disgrace by a pardon; and alsoto punish by ine aid imprisonmentany claimant of an alleged slave ormy aider or abettor of such claimnantwhou shall attempt to remove suchmileged shave fromt this State withouthis fir4t having a jury trial on the:juestion of his shavery or freedom."A Fo-rTEcoMrno Wosnuan.-Ac:sording to :a correspondent oif Herapath's (Englishl) Jomirnal, steiam poweris to be superseded by " Pomdson,'Patent Pendulum T Lever," which willhe brought before the public itn abouti month. Two men, in a sitting posi.:ion m.will be able with ease to propel arailway engine of 25 horse power,with its lull complement ofcarriages,it any speed attainable by steam powor. The tenders and boilers of thepresent engines wvill lbe no longerrequired, and the new engines will besonistructed of about onc-fouarth theweight, and say at one-sixth or ernetighth the cost. The wheels andFmames of the present engin.es will beavailable tar the new 0ones.MAaatEID,-Onl Wednesday the 1 0thinst, by J. Newton Ridgway, Mr.TosIAn BausNsox to Miss MAnY E.RInowAI.. all of Clarendon County.May he through life smoothly glideWith hi. young, smart, and handsome BrideCOTTON IMARRET'CnIA t.:s-rox Jan. 15.COTTON.-.-With a briqk dmand, andit bouyant and full prices-the sales to:Jay reachod fully 1700 bales, the particuars of which were repom ted to us as follows: 0 bales at 53-4;0Oat 61-2; 100it 65-8 ; 113 at 7; 2L at7 1-8 ; 100 at7'1-2; 71 at 73.8 ; 340 at 7 1-8 ; 83 at7 5-8; 337 at 7 3-4 ; 72 at 77-8 ; 400 at3 ; 34 at 81-2.Don't R ead This!!!All persons indebited to the Firm of WV.Jan. Dargan, & Co., are requested toinake immnediate payment, as we will lodgeill papers with the proper authorities onthe first daiy of March next for collection.g37" This is positive,.-we cannot givefurther indulgence.-Jan, 17th, 1854. 11 IfWatchman Copy. tf.Coghlan & Gay.B LACKSMIT18, Enginers, Mnrhnheir services to their friends and the pub.lic.Terms Cash-Or, when it is convenIentand safe to open accounts for parties, theyinust settle up at the end of each quarter:sf the year, e ither by cash, discount ormote. Our buai'teas wvill be strIctly conincted on this system during the presentyear.TF. J. COGHLAN,RE~DMUN GAY.yannary 17. lMMl I IStatement o ilitaryExecufts.Issued on behalf (f I , 'AHh Zegi , byCol. F. A Melleu.The remtiark should' he wade, regard to the percentage upon the General''ax of defaulters, ordered by t e execn.tions to be collected, that it is the duty ofthe Sheriff to ascertain such percentageby reference to the tax books, that thepercentages appearing in this statementare taken from the bheriff's books, andthe correctness thereof is, therefore, notcertified to by the Colonel.STATEMEN T.Oct. 28, 1848.Execution issued by Col. F. M.. Mellett,Ai't, of Fines 9146 00.Per contago $13 94.Ain't, paid to Pay.master Jones, $8 (K).Feb. 27, 1849,Execution issued by same,An't, of fines $6.5 00.Per centage, 89 57.Nothing paid to paymaster.June 25, 1849.Execution issued by same,An't, of tines $106 00.Ain't, pdi H. Britton, Paymaster, e30 00.Nov. 19, 1849.Execution issued by same,Ain't, of fines $0:2 00.Pd I. J. Ilaynsworth, Paymaster $2 00S 11. Britton, " 18 00Fe b. 27. 1850.Executin issued by same, 4Am't of fines $1.13 00.Per centage 1 00Paid H. Britton, Paymatter 80 00July 1, 1850.Execution issued by same,Ain't, of fines 837 00.Paid to H. Britton. Paymaster 80 00Nov. 4, 1850.Ex, cution issued by same,A-n't, of lines $36 00.Percentage 3 80Paid to IT. Britton, Paymaster 29 80Nov. 6, 1850.Execution issued by same.A i't, of fines 810 00.Paid to H. Britton, Payinaster 8 00March 1, 1951.Execution issued Iy saime,Ain't, of fines $16 00.Per centage 6 50Paid to I1. Britton. Paymaeler 36 50July 1. 1851.Execution i.sued by same,Am't of finps 8940 00.Paid 11. Britton, paymaster 37 00Oct. 15, 1851.Ex"cution is.'ne:I bv same,An't of fines "*n 00.Paid II. Brittoi, paymaster 27 00March 4, 1852Executioi issued bv same,Ain't of fives Sli5 00;July 8, 1852.Execution issued by sa:me,Am'. of fines *t41 00.Percentage 19 59.Paid 11. Britton, paymaster 54 50Dec. 2S, 1852.Execution i-sued by same,Ain't of fines 66 (H)Percentane. 10 00Paid 1w H. Britton e1 VuApril 11, 1853.Execution issued by same,Ain't ot fnes $89 'O.Porranmn 7 Qr5Paid to H Briton, Paymaster $9 65July 22, 1853.Exenaitiron issued by -the same,Ai't of fines 8177 00.Percentage 6 42.April 18, 1854.Exeention is-ied by same,Ain't of fines 91 (0.Percent.are 7 58.Aug, 7, 1854.Execution issued by same,Ain't of fines 85 00.Summary of the Foregoing.Amount iof tines and percentaeo oin theabove stated e'xecut ions $1679 05.Amo'unt received on said Execut ions by J. D. Jonies, Pay..vimaster, : : : : 8 71.Amount rec'd on samte b'y11. J. Haynsworth. Panymaster, 2 00.Amgotunt rec'd on sawe byII. Britton. Paymaster, 346 65.General Account of Receiptsand Expenditures.Amount as above received byH. J. Ha~ynsworth, $2 00.Amount of other receipts by him, 191 27.6183 27.Paid by him for Field Cr.Colors, Painting &c., $71 00.Paid by him for muisicalinistruments, 25 00.Paid by him for expenses Court Martial,to wit: dinners & crier 25 03.Paid by same (or mustciatns at various pa..rades, 26 50.Paid by same for SlheritT's comimissinns, 20 00.Paid by him for Paymasters commissions 18 32." ""postage, 1 15.'' " " on otheraccounts...........2 8.5. 109 92.Due him (overpaid) $ 16 5..Amn't rec'd as above by H1. Brit ton, 346 65.Amn't of additional receipts by him 283 64.$630 2A.Cr.Paid by him the amount'due H. J. Hlaynsworth. $16 55."for Sheriff's coimmis.sionm, '107 8A" " arrest & Jail fees, 123 04)..Refunded to Sheriti; fines.remitted &c., 47 28.Paid to Magistrate for . -swearing out de faulters, 3 00.Paid for adlvertising, 32 110." " expensesrof various Court Martials, to.wit: dinners & crier, 99 00.Pa id for musicians at vari. -ous parades, 11.3 0(1.Paid for powder, 7 4 76!Refunded fine remitted, 3 (10.Paid for .markers' flngs, 6 50.Other payments, 6 40.Paymaster's commiission, 63 02.(628 36&Balance In Paymastershands,................ 93.60 29.By order of' Col. F. M1 MELLETT?.Hi. lBumTo4, Pitymnar,Jan. 10, 1855.'Jan. 1', 1M35 It 1tTillusrtr A gent frthe Dvi alb Manifactuiry, offeirs their goomia- at mnniutrtitnri